Broadside advertisement for a James Brown concert at the Nippon Budokan

Source catalog description

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A broadside featuring an image of James Brown with Japanese text. James Brown is on the left side of the broadside. He is wearing a silver colored suit with a burgundy shirt. He right arm is raised and he is pointing with his right hand. He is singing and a microphone can be seen next to him. On the bottom left side of broadside written in yellow text over the bottom of the image of James Brown is “Come on JB!” Yellow and white Japanese text is on the right side of the broadside. Several phone numbers for ticketing agencies are listed.

Catalog date

1992-1993

Recorded places

Tokyo, Kanto, Japan, Asia

Recorded subjects

African American; Communication; Funk (Music); Soul (Music)

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